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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Jacob Lawrence Jacob Lawrence Mike Venezia A biography of the African American painter who used his art to tell stories about the lives of individual Blacks and historical events important in the lives of his people. OL15279276W
Painting dreams Painting dreams Mary E. Lyons A biography of the North Carolina painter whose art had its origins in her religious visions and the African traditions of her slave ancestors. OL19696235W
South of Pico South of Pico Kellie Jones In 'South of Pico' Kellie Jones explores how the artists in Los Angeles's black communities during the 1960s and 1970s created a vibrant, productive, and engaged activist arts scene in the face of st… OL20052842W
Kehinde Wiley Kehinde Wiley Kehinde Wiley "This volume includes a selection of 22 new portrait paintings from Kehinde Wiley's multinational World Stage series, which has included Africa, China and India in the past and now moves on to Brazil… OL20546801W
Romare Bearden Romare Bearden Jan Greenberg Recounts the life of the twentieth-century African-American collage artist who used his southern childhood, New York City, jazz, and Paris to influence his bold and meaningful art. OL2704191W
Li'l sis and Uncle Willie Li'l sis and Uncle Willie Gwen Everett Surveys the life of African-American artist William H. Johnson as his young niece might have told it. The artist's paintings provide the illustrations. OL3456036W
Jacob Lawrence, American painter Jacob Lawrence, American painter Ellen Harkins Wheat Examines the life and art of African-American painter Jacob Lawrence, covering the entire span of his career from the 1930s through the 1980s. Includes over 100 color plates of Lawrence's work. OL5259013W